Eileen Samberg photographed this yellow warbler feeding a brown-headed cowbird fledgling at Upton State Forest. Brown-headed cowbirds are known as "brood parasites;" the female will lay eggs in other birds nests, leaving the host birds to raise the chick.
Yellow Warbler Feeding Cowbird Fledgling
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